1911- Italy begins war against the Ottoman Empire to control the Libyan city of Tripoli.
1939- The beginning of the German attack against the Scandinavian countries in the framework of World War II.
1961- Syria’s secession from the United Arab Republic.
2000- The blessed al-Aqsa intifada erupts by the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation and terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip days after the terrorist Ariel Sharon and tens of Israeli soldiers desecrated al-Aqsa Mosque.
1970-Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser passes away.